Schoolkids’ advocacy makes Tailem Bend train playground safer

The Coorong council has built a new fence around the popular play space at the request of local primary school students.

Paul Simmons peeks over the new fence with students Finley Gibbs, Savannah Downs, Hailee Goodridge, Ella Peterson, Chloe Fix and Sadie Downs. Photo: Peri Strathearn.

Tailem Bend’s schoolchildren can feel a bit safer at the town’s playground now that a new fence has been built on their behalf.

Four years ago, the Coorong council approached the primary school to ask its students: what would they like to see done around the town?